Opening a new restaurant is rarely an easy task, and for Fettle + Fare owner Amanda Vargas, who has multiple sclerosis and is legally blind, the journey to create her shop in Westfield, NJ, was extra challenging.

It was here that she created a space that is more to her than a place to find tasty, nutritious food. It’s a symbol of growth and helping others ...

ROSELLE PARK, NJ - The Borough of Roselle Park in partnership with Lions Club MD16, the Union County Office of Health Management, Regional Chronic Disease Coalition of Middlesex & Union Counties and Union County CEED through Hoboken Family Planning Will be hosting the First Annual Community Health Fair.

The health fair will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, at the ...

ROSELLE, NJ - The Roselle Active Seniors are holding a “Fundraiser Baby Shower” and everyone is invited! The event is to gather badly needed supplies to benefit the babies at Raphael’s Life House in Elizabeth.

Raphael’s Life House is a mother-child program, created to help homeless, and pregnant young women, secure a brighter and more stable future for themselves ...

LINDEN, NJ - A Linden man is in custody and charged with multiple serious crimes in connection with the hit-and-run killing of a female pedestrian that took place two months ago, acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan and Linden Police Chief David Hart jointly announced at a press conference held Wednesday afternoon.

SOMERVILLE, NJ – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital/Somerset has agreed to pay the borough a total of $2.5 million in lieu of property taxes for an eight-year period that expires at the end of 2023.

The agreement was announced at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting and was affirmed by a resolution passed by the five-member council by a unanimous vote. Granville Brady, ...

Nominations are still open for the annual Union County Environmental Hero awards. Each year, the Environmental Hero program recognizes local citizens, businesses and organizations that inspire, motivate, and act to help preserve and protect natural resources in Union County and beyond.

The Environmental Hero program is a partnership between the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the ...

I like Gov. Phil Murphy, but he's making a liar out of me. Me and millions of parents. For a couple of generations now, mothers and fathers have been warning children about the dangers of pot smoking. Now the governor comes along and tells them there is no Santa Claus.

I’ve been warning my children about pot for 20 years. That’s not exaggeration. It started when my ...